Cirrus Leadership

Share my cause to create safe, trusting, and effective workplaces.

The course is divided into two parts, a one-day workshop and one-day experiential training on a sailboat. You will be given specific tasks as a member of a crew of a sailboat that will reflect a typical business. The following day you will use what you have learned about leadership and being part of a team on an actual sailboat.

Day One

What you will learn

• The importance of a mission and goal setting
• Why you need to know about the management systems.
• The environment as a challenge.

What you learn about yourself.

• Your mission and goals and its importance
• How beliefs build to a mission.
• How you are part of a bigger mission/organization.
• Accepting change.
• You can improve with development and knowledge.

Leadership and You

• Four styles of leadership, directing, supporting, developing and empowerment and how to use them.
• What you need to know about each style and the people you work with.
• Important aspects of leadership, decision-making, delegation, communications and recognition.

You as a leader

• You have to ensure everyone has clear roles and responsibility
• Know what level of skills and knowledge the people have
• Know the person's abilities and motivation
• You can select the style of manager you need to be based on the above.

Successful Team

• Your team will fail if there is fierce individualism, beating others to promotions and no collaboration.
• Teams mission and its potential on the organization
• You need a team and not just one or two individuals
• You need to create a team that will interact
• Team is focused on mission and role
• You as the leader are always present.

Stages of a Team

• Forming, focusing, performing and leveling.

Day Two

Applying the workshop to an experience.

• You will use your workbooks and apply what your team has decided on as appropriate to sail a boat
• Discussion around the workbook decisions and how the are working
• Importance of changing decisions
• Challenging the environment
• Overall review of the two days

You will be able:

• Start motor and leave the dock and return
• Raise sails in a safe manner.
• Helm boat
• Tack the boat safely